Minor in Deaf Studies

The Deaf Studies minor offers training in American Sign Language and knowledge of the American Deaf Community. These skills can enhance your undergraduate eductation and may be applied to various settings such as education, human services, social work, health care, counseling, and many others. The Deaf Studies minor will also provide specific ASL skills necessary to apply to graduate programs such as Deaf Education, ASL linguistics, rehabilitation counseling, and more.

One of the following courses: ASL 415 ASL Literature in ASLASL 416 ASL Linguistics in ASLASL 417 Deaf Art, Film, and Theater in ASLLIN 105 Contrastive Analysis: ASL and EnglishLIN 310 Signs of Language in the BrainLIN 315 Field MethodsLIN 395 Research Internship

Total number of credits: 22

Note about General Education requirements for students majoring in Linguistics, ASL/English Interpreting

Students majoring in Linguistics, ASL/Interpreting Concentration, can meet the requirements for the Deaf Studies minor by taking ASL 201 and 202 and LIN 203. (The other requirements overlap with the major.) However, in order for the Deaf Studies minor to count toward the minor/thematic cluster requirement for General Education, the major and minor must have less overlap. In this case, students should take one additional course from the above list that doesn't overlap with the courses that fulfill the requirements for their major.